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Author/Contributor(s): |
Echenoz, Jean ; Polizzotti, Mark ; Tuck, Lily
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Publisher: |
New Press
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Date: |
05/06/2014
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Binding: |
Paperback
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Condition: |
NEW
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Winner of France's prestigious Prix Goncourt and a runaway bestseller, Jean Echenoz's
I'm Gone is the ideal introduction to the sly wit, unique voice, and colorful imagination of "the master magician of the contemporary French novel" (
The Washington Post). Nothing less than a heist caper, an Arctic adventure story, a biting satire of the art world, and a meditation on love and lust and middle age all rolled into one fast-paced, unpredictable, and deliriously entertaining novel,
I'm Gone tells the story of an urbane art and antiques dealer who abandons his wife and career to pursue a memorably pathetic international crime spree.
"Crisp and erudite" (
The Wall Street Journal), "seductive and delicately ironic" (
The Economist), and with an unexpected sting in its tail,
I'm Gone--translated by Mark Polizzotti--is a dazzling, postmodern subversion of narrative conventions and an amused look at the absurdities of modern life. With a wink and a nod and a keen eye for the droll detail, Echenoz invites the reader "to enjoy
I'm Gone in the same devil-may-care spirit in which it is offered" (
The Boston Sunday Globe).
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